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<p>
      The term "enclosing type" refers to the type which is being introspected.
      This type is always a class, struct, or union.
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      The term "inner xxx", where xxx is some element of the enclosing
      type, refers to either a type, template, function, or data within the enclosing
      type. The term "inner element" also refers to any one of these entities
      in general.
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      I use the term "nested type" to refer to a type within another type.
      I use the term "member function" or "member data" to refer
      to non-static functions or data that are part of the enclosing type. I use
      the term "static member function" or "static member data"
      to refer to static functions or data that are part of the enclosing type. I
      use the term "nested class template" to refer to a class template
      nested within the enclosing type.
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<p>
      Other terminology may be just as valid for the notion of C++ language elements
      within a type, but I have chosen these terms to be consistent.
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<p>
      The term "generated metafunction(s)" refers to macro metafunctions
      which are generated by macros.
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